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Is there a cracked version of Google maps available? Simular to YT Revanced? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Hell is there something better than google maps, that can show traffic? I hate the way it randomly routes down dirt trails to avoid interchanges. Recently I had to put stops every 30km or so to get it to path down a straight highway instead of adding an hour to my trip by diverting 100 km north or south. There wasn't any traffic, google just does that, and has since like 2020.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

HERE WeGo shows traffic. It'll also tell you why it's there.

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While I've not used it myself, OsmAnd can apparently use Google's traffic info as an overlay.

[–] SteveCC@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How?

[–] crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Leaving a reply as I'm very interested in that too.

[–] MonaySimpson@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Didn't work for me I think the URL needed to change. Even then I couldn't get it working.

Apparently their are paid for APIs you can use for live traffic.

Let us know how you go.

[–] banause@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] yestalgia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Magic Earth showed me the OLD address for a shop, so I didn't feel I could trust it enough to be worth paying for.

If I have to double check that my maps app is showing correct addresses, for free I can use CoMaps and Google Maps (logged out, no location access) in a web browser.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Recently did a 40 hour round trip drive, and I used that trick. Shaved 3 hours off the trip each way by adding random stops

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

40 hours is rough, I did Georgia to Ohio and back once, there were times when I definitely should have pulled over and napped during my shift.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty conditioned to long stretches awake (about 35 hours is my max before I am effectively drunk). If I'm driving or something, I try to nap at least an hour or so after 18-20 hours awake.

It was a nice drive, though. 20ish hours one way, if I didn't stop at all, which of course I did, and made several detours haha

[–] whysofurious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't tried it personally, so I am just mentioning it as an alternative: Magic Earth offers traffic in their premium plan https://www.magicearth.com/traffic

I was consindering testing it for one year to see how it does compared to other navigation apps.

[–] illi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trafic info is pretty good. But it doesn't really take road works and stuff into consideration, or does so quite late fron my experience. Might be region dependent though.

[–] whysofurious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Thought so, it would be nice to understand if it is possible to contribute to this "crowdsourced traffic" somehow (similar to how Waze does), and if that could be expanded to handle road works and other similar things.